A School of Public Health Like No Other

Reuel A. Stallones Building in the Texas Medical Center in Houston

At six campuses across Texas, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health works to improve the state of public health in Texas every day. Each of our campuses is strategically placed to meet the public health education and research needs of the diverse populations across Texas. UTHealth School of Public Health is the only school of public health in the nation with regional campuses.

The main campus, located in the heart of Houston’s Texas Medical Center, offers students unmatched opportunities for research and employment. The School of Public Health’s five regional campuses are in Austin, Brownville, Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio. Each campus has its own faculty and research specialties. Students can attend class at any of the six campuses via Interactive Television (ITV).

UTHealth School of Public Health is one of six schools of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), the most comprehensive academic health system in The University of Texas System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region. In addition to the School of Public Health, UTHealth is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, medicine and nursing. It also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple institutes and centers, a growing network of clinics and outreach programs in education and care throughout the region.

The School of Public Health is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and the university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Research Mentoring Award

UTSPH Research Council annually recognizes a research mentor-mentee pair that has made significant progress towards establishing the mentee as an independent investigator. Division directors nominate one mentor-mentee pair for the Research Mentoring Award.

2015 Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D. and Sandra Evans, Ph.D.

2014 David Lairson, Ph.D., and Suja Rajan, Ph.D.

2013 Susan Tortolero, Ph.D., and Melissa Peskin, Ph.D.

2012 Laura Mitchell, Ph.D., and Philip Lupo, Ph.D.

2011 Cheryl Perry, Ph.D., and Melissa Stigler, Ph.D.

Excellence In Service Award

The Practice Council presented the inaugural Award for Excellence in Service. This award will be presented to faculty members who have made a continuous commitment to community service on behalf of UTSPH.

2015 Louis Brown, Ph.D. and Michael Businelle, Ph.D.

2014 Chuck Begley, Ph.D., and Kristi Mena, Ph.D.

2013 Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D., and Cathy Troisi, Ph.D.

2012 Belinda Reininger, Dr.P.H., and Andrew Springer, Dr.P.H.

SPHSA Awards

The McGovern Award for Excellence in Teaching

2012-2013 Pamela Diamond, Ph.D.

2011-2012 Elizabeth Gammon, Ph.D.

2010-2011 Beatrice J. Selwyn, Sc.D.

2009-2010 Elizabeth Gammon, Ph.D.

2008-2009 J. Kay Dunn, Ph.D.

2007-2008 Xianglin L. Du, Ph.D.

2006-2007 J. Kay Dunn, Ph.D.

2005-2006 Lowell E. Sever, Ph.D.

2004-2005 Ann L. Coker, Ph.D.

2003-2004 Susan Tortolero, Ph.D.

2002-2003 J. Kay Dunn, Ph.D.

2001-2002 Karen J. Goodman, Ph.D.

2000-2001 Sharon Cooper, Ph.D.

1999-2000 Lowell E. Sever, Ph.D.

1998-1999 Stephen Linder, Ph.D.

1997-1998 Elizabeth Heitman, Ph.D.

1996-1997 Beatrice J. Selwyn, Sc.D.

1995-1996 Richard B. Shekelle, Ph.D.

1994-1995 Mary Ann Smith, Ph.D.

1993-1994 Asha Kapadia, Ph.D.

1992-1993 Lu Ann Aday, Ph.D.

1991-1992 J. Fred Annegers, Ph.D.

1990-1991 Beatrice J. Selwyn, Sc.D.

1989-1990 Ronald N. Forthofer, Ph.D.

1988-1989 Alfonso Holguin, M.D., M.P.H.

1987-1988 Carl H. Slater, M.D., M.Ed.

1986-1987 C. Morton Hawkins, Sc.D.

1985-1986 Alfonso Holguin, M.D., M.P.H.

1984-1985 Michael Decker, Ph.D.

The James Emerson Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant

2012 Dhaval Desai, M.B.B.S.

2011 Hari Sagiraju, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor Emeritus

The following faculty members have been honored with Professor Emeritus status for their years of research and teaching excellence given to The University of Texas School of Public Health.

Dean Emeritus

Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D. (2013)

Biostatistics

C. Morton Hawkins, M.P.H., Sc.D. (2000)

Asha S. Kapadia, Ph.D. (2010)

George R. Kerr, M.D. (2004)

William J. Schull, Ph.D. (1998)

Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences

Alfonso H. Holguin, M.D., M.P.H. (2004)

Marcus M. Key, M.D. (1996)

Management, Policy and Community Health

Lu Ann Aday, Ph.D. (2007)

M. David Low, M.D., Ph.D. (2005)

Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau, Ph.D. (2013)

SPHSA Awards

The McGovern Award for Excellence in Teaching

2012-2013 Pamela Diamond, PhD

2011-2012 Elizabeth Gammon, PhD

2010-2011 Beatrice J. Selwyn, ScD

2009-2010 Elizabeth Gammon, PhD

2008-2009 J. Kay Dunn, PhD

2007-2008 Xianglin L. Du, PhD

2006-2007 J. Kay Dunn, PhD

2005-2006 Lowell E. Sever, PhD

2004-2005 Ann L. Coker, PhD

2003-2004 Susan Tortolero, PhD

2002-2003 J. Kay Dunn, PhD

2001-2002 Karen J. Goodman, PhD

2000-2001 Sharon Cooper, PhD

1999-2000 Lowell E. Sever, PhD

1998-1999 Stephen Linder, PhD

1997-1998 Elizabeth Heitman, PhD

1996-1997 Beatrice J. Selwyn, ScD

1995-1996 Richard B. Shekelle, PhD

1994-1995 Mary Ann Smith, PhD

1993-1994 Asha Kapadia, PhD

1992-1993 Lu Ann Aday, PhD

1991-1992 J. Fred Annegers, PhD

1990-1991 Beatrice J. Selwyn, ScD

1989-1990 Ronald N. Forthofer, PhD

1988-1989 Alfonso Holguin, MD, MPH

1987-1988 Carl H. Slater, MD, MEd

1986-1987 C. Morton Hawkins, ScD

1985-1986 Alfonso Holguin, MD, MPH

1984-1985 Michael Decker, PhD

The James Emerson Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant

2012 Dhaval Desai, MBBS

2011 Hari Sagiraju, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus

The following faculty members have been honored with Professor Emeritus status for their years of research and teaching excellence given to The University of Texas School of Public Health.